Advanced superconducting gradiometer/Magnetometer arrays and a novel signal processing technique

Recent developments in superconducting magnetic gradiometer technology have led to the construction of advanced ultrasensitive gradiometer/magnetometer arrays. Details of construction techniques and data showing operational capabilities are presented. The most recent of the gradiometer/magnetometer arrays simultaneously measures five independent spatial gradients of the magnetic field and three vector components of the magnetic field. The measured signals from this array are subjected to a novel signal processing technique which provides detailed information about the magnetic signal source.